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Atre, Sundar V.
Oregon State University
Prof. Atre is a member of the Oregon Nanoscience & Microtechnologies Institute. He has a Ph.D. in Materials Science from Penn State. His research in advanced materials processing is focused in three major areas:
1) Particulate materials processing, 2) Microsystem development, and 3) Nanotechnology. In addition to his teaching and research, he has been actively involved in the development of 5 start-up companies.

Baird, Brain
US Representative, Third Congressional District, Washington State
Congressman Baird was elected to serve the people of Washington State's Third Congressional District in 1998. He currently serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where he serves on the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, the Highways and Transit Subcommittee, and the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee. Baird is also a member of the Science and Technology Committee where he serves as Chairman of the Research and Science Education Subcommittee, and the Budget Committee. Through his work on these committees, Brian helps secure critical funding for Southwest Washington’s infrastructure, environment and educational needs. As Chairman of the Subcommittee he focuses on increasing U.S. competitiveness and leadership in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. His work on the Budget Committee grants him top-level access to fiscal policy decision-making while working to create the federal budget resolutions that govern spending throughout the nation. Congressman Baird is co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus; is co-founder and co-chair of the National Parks Caucus; and co-founded the Caucus to Control and Fight Methamphetamine. Congressman Baird was elected President of his 1998 Freshman Democratic Class. He currently serves as a Senior Democratic Whip. These positions afford him significant access to the House leadership and allow him to be a strong advocate for the needs of Southwest Washington in debates and behind the scenes. Dr. Baird received his B.S. from the University of Utah, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1977. He continued on to the University of Wyoming, receiving his M.S. and PhD in clinical psychology. He has published a number of journal articles and has authored two books: The Internship and Practicum Handbook and Are We Having Fun Yet?, which combines his love of the outdoors with practical psychological advice for couples and families involved in skiing, hiking or other outdoor pursuits. Congressman Baird lives in Vancouver and is married to Rachel Nugent, a Senior Health Program Associate with the Center for Global Development. Together they enjoy traveling and outdoor pursuits, including camping, hiking, skiing and cycling. Brian and Rachel are the proud parents of twin boys, William Washington and Walter Franklin.

Bakalinsky, Alan
Oregon State Univeristy
Alan Bakalinsky obtained his Ph.D. in microbiology at the University of California, Davis and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology at Oregon State University. As a yeast biologist, his research has focused on fermentation, wine microbiology, and stress physiology. He is currently evaluating the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model to assess potential adverse effects of nanomaterials and to determine mechanisms of action. This organism’s successful history of adapting to environmental headaches, including growth and survival under the stressful conditions of wine fermentation, combined with a wealth of available biochemical, molecular, and genomic information unmatched in any other eukaryote, has made this species a powerful model for discovering mechanisms that underlie the physiology of adapting to stress. Dr. Bakalinsky teaches in the area of fermentation physiology and molecular and cellular biology and serves on the editorial boards of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, the International Journal of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition, and the International Journal of Wine Research. He is a member of the AAAS, American Society for Enology and Viticulture, American Society for Microbiology, and Genetics Society of America. In 2000, he received a student-initiated “Top Prof” teaching award, and in 1995, received a research award from the Yoplait International Institute for his identification of a significant antimutagen in yogurt.

Baker, Shefford
Cornell University
Shefford P. Baker is on the faculty in Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell University where he is Director of Undergraduate Studies and winner of numerous teaching awards. Baker’s research focuses on the special mechanical properties of materials having microstructural or dimensional length scales in the nanometer regime. Recent achievements include discovery of a new microstructure arising from the b-a phase transformation in thin Ta films, X-ray analyses of inhomogeneous and anisotropic stress distributions in thin films, a new model for film strength based on numerical simulations and analytical models of dislocations, nanoscale correlation of composition, mechanical behavior, and physiological condition in trabecular bone, and studies of the structure and mechanical properties of calcite with occluded polymer molecules. Baker is the 2008 Vice President (President 2009) of the Materials Research Society, an international organization dedicated to the advancement of interdisciplinary materials research to improve the quality of life.

Baneyx, François
University of Washington
François Baneyx is the Charles W.H. Matthaei Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington. He serves as Acting Director of the University of Washington Center for Nanotechnology, Site Director of the Pacific Northwest node of the NSF National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, and Co-Director of the NSF Genetically Engineered Materials Science and Engineering Center. Dr Baneyx earned a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and is the recipient of a Whitaker Young Investigator Award and a NSF CAREER award. He has been a faculty member at the University of Washington since 1992. His research interests are in the areas of protein folding, protein expression, protein structure-function relationship and bio-nanotechnology.

Bartel, Cheryl Moody
Invitrogen Corporation
Cheryl Moody Bartel serves as a R&D Manager in Analytical Chemistry at Invitrogen Corporation. Her recent research interests include characterization of materials and formulations and analytical technique development to ensure sustainable manufacturability of materials and products related to labeling and detection and cell culture. Prior to joining Invitrogen, Dr. Moody Bartel held several leadership roles at the University of California-Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Cheryl holds a M.S. in radiochemistry from Washington State University and a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Oregon State University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto, under the direction of Professor Scott Mabury.

Brennan, Carolyn
University of Washington Bothell
Ms. Brennan earned her B.A. in History from the University of Notre Dame where she served as the Senior Class President for the Class of 1990. She graduated with a Master of Science in Health Policy and Administration from the Harvard School of Public Health in 1995. Ms. Brennan has a broad background as a management consultant, project manager, system developer and implementer, legislative and policy analyst. She has had the opportunity to design major health care reform legislation as an assistant to U.S. Congressman Porter Goss and launch a new Center for Health and the Social Sciences with David Meltzer, MD, PhD at the University of Chicago. Ms. Brennan joined the University of Washington Bothell in August of 2006 as the Director of the Office of Research Support. She is responsible for developing resources and identifying opportunities for faculty members to pursue their research. This includes understanding the requirements of funders and facilitating grant applications as well as helping researchers develop and target key questions to advance their research agenda. In reporting to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Ms. Brennan is charged with supporting a range of activities designed to focus academic inquiry and accelerate intellectual vigor.

Burrows, Paul
Science and Technology Consultant, Washington
Paul Burrows is a Science and Technology Consultant based in Washington State and can be reached via email at organicdevices@clearwire.net. From 2000 – 2008 he was a Laboratory Fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, WA, operated for the U.S. Department of Energy by Battelle Memorial Inc. While there, he managed a broad research initiative in nanoscience and nanotechnology, applied thin film encapsulation techniques to OLEDs, and built a research program in novel materials for organic solid state lighting. Prior to joining the National Laboratory he was a Research Scholar at Princeton University, where he was part of the research team that developed multiple technology platforms around stacked, transparent, phosphorescent and flexible OLEDs. He has also held research appointments at the University of Southern California and the Riken Institute in Saitama, Japan. He graduated with a PhD in Physics from Queen Mary College, University of London, in 1989, has co-authored over 110 publications and is named as a co-inventor on 78 U.S. Patents.

Chau, Robert S.
Intel Corporation
Robert S. Chau is an Intel Senior Fellow and director of transistor research and nanotechnology in Intel's Technology and Manufacturing Group. Chau is responsible for directing research and development in advanced transistors and gate dielectrics, process modules and technologies, and silicon integrated processes for microprocessor applications. He is also responsible for leading research efforts in emerging nanotechnology for future nanoelectronics applications. Chau joined Intel in 1989, became an Intel Fellow in 2000 and an Intel Senior Fellow in 2005. During his career at Intel he developed nine generations of Intel gate dielectrics, including the high-K/metal-gate, along with many transistor innovations and process technologies used in various Intel manufacturing processes and microprocessor products. He also introduced many new process modules and novel device nanotechnologies for Intel's future logic processes. Chau received his bachelor's and master's degrees and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from The Ohio State University. He holds more than 110 issued U.S. patents and has been elected an IEEE Fellow

Cheatham, Lee
Washington Technology Center
Lee Cheatham was appointed Executive Director of Washington Technology Center in 1998. During his tenure, Washington Technology Center has expanded its interactions with companies and communities within Washington State to encourage technology development and job growth. Prior to his position at Washington Technology Center, Dr. Cheatham founded the Strategic Projects Group, a startup software and information services company. In addition, he has held several senior management positions including a 17-year commitment with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. In each of his assignments, Dr. Cheatham has focused on the impact of innovation and collaboration. Dr. Cheatham received a bachelor’s degree from Oregon State University and a master’s degree from Washington State University, both in electrical engineering. He has a doctorate in electrical engineering with specialization in optical computing from Carnegie-Mellon University.

Chiu, Daniel T.
University of Washington
Daniel T. Chiu is currently a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Washington, Seattle. He obtained a B.A. in Neurobiology and a B.S. in Chemistry from UC Berkeley in 1993, then a Ph.D in Chemistry from Stanford University in 1998. After completing postdoctoral research at Harvard University, he started in the Fall of 2000 as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Washington. He moved through the ranks from Assistant Professor, to Associate Professor, then to Professor in 2006. He is currently a member of the Center for Nanotechnology and the Neurobiology Program at the University of Washington and a member of the Fred Hutch Cancer Consortium.

Celotta, Robert J.
NIST’s Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Robert Celotta is the current and founding Director of NIST’s Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology. He received his B.S. in Physics from the City College of New York, and his Ph.D. in Physics from New York University. Following postdoctoral studies with Nobel Laureate John Hall at JILA in Boulder, Colorado, Robert joined the staff at NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland. During his career at NIST, he was a long-time Leader of the Electron Physics Group, during which time he became a NIST Fellow. Robert has over 250 publications, has given more than 350 presentations, and has been issued four patents in the fields nanotechnology, surface and multilayer magnetism, spin polarized electron interactions, scanning tunneling microscopy, and nanostructure fabrication. He also coedited Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences, a series of over 20 books on experimental physics. Robert has received the American Vacuum Society’s Gaede-Langmuir Prize, New York University’s Alumni Achievement Award, the Federal Laboratory Consortium’s Excellence in Technology Transfer Award, two IR-100 Awards, NIST’s Edward Uhler Condon Award, NIST’s William P. Slichter Award, the Department of Commerce’s Silver and Gold medals, the Maryland Academy of Sciences’ Distinguished Young Scientist Award, and the Washington Academy of Sciences’ Outstanding and Distinguished Career in Science Award. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Vacuum Society, and the Washington Academy of Sciences.

Exarhos, Gregory
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Gregory J. Exarhos is a Laboratory Fellow and an Associate Director within the Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He oversees activities of some four-dozen scientists assigned to the Interfacial Chemistry and Engineering Group. He graduated magna cum laude (chemistry) from Lawrence University in 1970 and received his PhD in physical chemistry from Brown University in 1974. Immediately following graduate school, he accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University. Research there focused on cation motion in crystalline and amorphous oxide phases, phase transformation dynamics, and electron-beam surface modification. He was a consultant for the DoD and contributed to the design and development of microwave-absorbing coatings. His current research at PNNL involves dielectric film deposition, post-deposition film modification, and development of ‘bottoms-up’ approaches for achieving nano-architectured materials. Dr. Exarhos is the Laboratory Coordinator for materials projects funded through the DOE Office of Science and is the lead PI in projects dealing with defect structure and chemistry in oxide films, nonlinear optical materials, spectroscopy of condensed phases, and self-assembly of nano-architectured high porosity materials. His innovative approaches to materials processing have been recognized internationally through publications, invited presentations, press releases, and radio interviews. He was appointed Adjunct Professor of Physics at WSU-Pullman (1992-), and has more recently served as a member of the Board of Visitors. A co-recipient of Federal Laboratory Consortium and R&D 100 awards, and eight patents, involving combustion synthesis of ceramic oxide powders, thin film deposition and modification strategies, and unconventional processing routes to polymer composites, he has co-authored over 225 publications.

Fritts, Martin
Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory (NIH/NIST)
Dr. Fritts is a Senior Principal Scientist supporting the Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory and SAIC-Frederick in accelerating the transition of nanotechnology to cancer and biomedical applications. He is a computational and experimental physicist assisting in implementing advanced imaging and measurement instrumentation, modeling and simulation to elucidate the structure-activity relationships of nanomaterial, and informatics systems to advance knowledge sharing. He also assists in developing standards as the co-chair of ASTM’s E56.02 Subcommittee on Nanotechnology Characterization. Prior to joining SAIC-Frederick, Dr. Fritts developed and prototyped nanotechnology applications for industry and government through SAIC’s Nanotechnology Initiatives Division. His previous work also focused on joint experiment and computation in advanced product and process design and the use of IT and modeling for collaboration in large research and development projects such as laser fusion with LLNL and LANL, counterterrorism with DTRA, ship design with DARPA, NAVSEA and industry, and the design of Stars and Stripes, the winner of the 1987 America’s Cup. Dr. Fritts earned a bachelor’s degree in physics at Holy Cross College and his doctorate in nuclear physics at Yale University.

Gao, Xiaohu
University of Washington
Dr. Xiaohu Gao received his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Indiana University, Bloomington in 2004, and his postdoctoral training from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. He became a faculty member in the Department of Bioengineering and the Center for Nanotechnology at the University of Washington, Seattle in 2005. His research is focused on biomedical nanotechnology, molecular engineering and imaging. He has authored or co-authored over 30 papers and book chapters; and he is also a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award. He has been a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) since 2003.

Gibbins, Bruce L.
AcryMed Inc.
Dr. Bruce Gibbins is the Chief Technical Officer, Acrymed Inc., Beaverton, OR. Dr. Gibbins received Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate degrees from Washington State University in Bacteriology and Public Health. He then spent the next 16 years in New Zealand as a Research Scientist and Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Otago Medical School, and then as co-founder of Zenith Technology Corp. Ltd., a biotech venture in Dunedin, NZ.   Dr. Gibbins then continued his research in Oregon, founding AcryMed in 1993 for which he has since been CEO and CTO.  Earlier this year, AcryMed was sold to I-Flow Corporation of Orange County, CA, remaining in Oregon as a wholly-owned subsidiary.

Gillimore, David L.
Ventura Project Group & Seattle University
David Gillimore is the Owner of Ventura Project Group and serves on the Adjunct Faculty, Albers School of Business and Economics, Seattle University. David received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Yale and an M.Ed. summa cum laude from the University of Washington in Human Performance and Technology.   David has been a successful startup leader creating a successful training business for IBM, growing Wall Data over 400% in 3 years and taking it public with a $52M IPO and creating several technology spin-ins for Boeing Technology Ventures.  Since 2004, David has helped small and medium sized businesses grow sustainability.  He trained scientists at Oak Ridge and Los Alamos National Labs to develop feasibility studies and business plans around their intellectual property.   He is currently leading an Advanced Metering Infrastructure project with a major Northwest public utility, and in the remaining time, teaches a law and business entrepreneurship clinic at Seattle University. David's mission is to help 1,000 businesses in his lifetime grow sustainability.

Girts, Michelle
EnTranRight LLC
Michelle Girts, President of EnTranRight LLC, has been involved with intangible assets and associated rights for more than 20 years. She helps entities to benefit from business-driven intangible asset opportunities, including companies and non-profits from small to large. Prior to this role, she was Director of Intellectual Property, and Portland, Oregon Area Manager for CH2M HILL, a global engineering and environmental consulting firm among the top firms as ranked by Engineering News Record. Michelle is a Certified Licensing Professional through Licensing Executive Society, and started the local LES chapter in 2006.

Goforth, Andrea
Portland State University
Ms. Godorth completed her Ph.D. in inorganic, solid-state and materials chemistry at the University of South Carolina (2005, advisor, H.-C. zurLoye). She is currently a post-doc at the University of California at Davis (2006-2008, advisors, Susan Kauzlarich (chemistry) and Angelique Louie (biomedical engineering)). Her research is focused on the solution syntheses of magnetic/fluorescent nanoparticle-based probes as bimodal imaging agents. In September 2008, she will start as an assistant professor at Portland State University, and her research will develop better biological imaging agents using tailored, inorganic nanoparticles. She is a Burroughs Wellcome Fund CASI Fellow, and an ONAMI Signature Research Fellow.

Goncher, Gary
Portland State University
Gary Goncher is an adjunct professor in the Department of Physics at Portland State University. His interests include photovoltaic materials and devices, particularly the application of nanostructures to improve materials properties and device performance.

Ha, Su
Washington State University
Ha Su received a Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 2005. After graduation from UIUC, he joined chemical engineering department at Washington State University as an assistant professor. His research group’s general interests lie in the area of energy generations from alternative fuels in a variety of ways - especially focused on generating hydrogen gas from bio-fuels and abundant natural gases, developing a liquid organic fuel cell that directly converts the chemical energy of small organic molecules to electrical power, and working with natural enzymes to produce electrical power from sugars.

Gursky, Richard P.
FEI Company
Richard Gursky is the Sr. Applications Engineer / Product Marketing Engineer, Life Sciences at FEI Company. Richard studied under Dr. M.A. Hayat, at Kean College of NJ where he received a BA in Biology in 1979.  Richard has worked in Electron Microscopy over the past 28 years, mostly in research, for Celanese Research, Mobile Research and Unilever Research.  Most recently Richard worked in fundamental biological research of macro-molecular machines with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, where he also evaluated automation software for computer aided data acquisition for both single particle analysis and for electron tomography.   Working at FEI for the past 2.5 years, Richard’s current responsibilities include TEM customer training, as well as interfacing with the Life Sciences community and providing FEI technical sales support

Harper, Stacey
Oregon State University
Dr. Stacey Harper is an active member of the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute, working under the Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Initiative. She currently leads the Nanotoxicology Division of the Tanguay laboratory, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology at Oregon State University (OSU). She earned her bachelor’s degree in natural sciences and mathematics from Mesa State College, CO and her master’s and doctoral degrees in biological sciences from University of Nevada Las Vegas, NV. In her research, she employs in vivo approaches to evaluate the biological activity and toxic potential of novel nanomaterials. She works closely with industry, academic and government partners to ensure that environmental and human health considerations are addressed concomitantly with the development of new nanomaterials. As Co-Chair of the Informatics Science Group of the NanoHealth Enterprise, she has established a collaborative, multidisciplinary research program to develop a knowledgebase of Nanomaterial-Biological Interactions (NBI) at OSU (www.oregonstate.edu/nbi). Dr. Harper is a representative of the ANSI-Accredited U.S. Technical Advisory Group for ISO/TC 229 which functions to formulate positions and proposals on behalf of the U.S. with response to ISO standardization activities on environmental health and safety of nanotechnologies. She is also serving as a 2008 Science Communication Fellow for EnvironmentalHealthNews.org to communicate published scientific findings to a public audience.

Hjelmstad, Michael
Washington Technology Center
Michael Hjelmstad received his B.S. (’00) and M.S. (’04) in Materials Science from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. His research focused on spintronic material growth and characterization using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and cross-sectional STM (XSTM). Mr. Hjelmstad moved to Seattle in 2004 and became a process engineer at Washington Technology Center with a focus on photolithography and etching. He became the Microfabrication Lab Manager in the fall of 2006.

Hutchison, Jim
University of Oregon
Dr. Jim Hutchison joined the faculty at the University of Oregon (UO) in the fall of 1994. He is currently Professor of Chemistry and Associate Vice President for Research and Strategic Initiatives. His research interests are in materials chemistry and nanoscience. He led the development of the UO's nation-leading program in "green" (environmentally-benign) organic chemistry and launched the university's pioneering Center in Green Nanoscience. He is a member of the leadership team for the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI) and founded, and now directs, the ONAMI¹s Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Initiative. He is a member of the Governing Board of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute. He has won a number of awards, including an NSF-CAREER award and the 2003 Oregon Academy of Science Outstanding Teacher of Science and Math in Higher Education. Hutchison is an Alfred P. Sloan research fellow and a Camille Dreyfus teacher-scholar. He is the author of over 85 refereed publications, three book chapters and a text book Green Organic Chemistry: Strategies, Tools and Laboratory Experiments.

Jen, Alex K-Y
University of Washington
Alex K-Y. Jen is the Boeing-Johnson Chair Professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering and Professor of Chemistry. He is also the Chair of the MSE Department the Director of the Institute of Advanced Materials and Technology of the University of Washington. For his pioneering contributions in the organic photonics and electronics, Jen was selected as a Fellow by the American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005, the International Society of Optical Engineering (SP1E) in 2006, and by the Optical Society America (OSA) in 2007. He has co-authored more than 400 papers and 45 patents and inventions in the interdisciplinary areas of organic functional materials and devices for opto-electronics and photonics, and molecularly- or biologically-inspired self-assemblies for sensing and electronics.

Jeromin, Andreas
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Andreas Jeromin received his PhD. in neuroscience from the University of Toronto in 2002. Prior joining the Allen Institute for Brain Science in June 2007, he was a post-doctoral fellow at Baylor College of Medicine and member of the research faculty at the University of Texas in Austin. He was been working on several aspects of calcium signaling and ion channel trafficking in neurons and has published more than 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He currently manages the methods development group.

Jovanovic, Goran
Oregon State University
Dr. Goran Jovanovic, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. Dr. Jovanovic received his B.Sc. degree in chemical engineering from Belgrade University (Belgrade, Yugoslavia) in 1971. He was awarded the Fulbright Grant for graduate study in US. Where he received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering in 1974 and 1979, respectively. Dr. Jovanovic taught chemical engineering at Belgrade University from 1979 to 1991. In 1991 he moved back to US at Oregon State University where he is currently Full Professor teaching in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Dr. Jovanovic current research interest is focused in several areas of microtechnology: His interest in microscale technologies started in mid 1980s when, as part of a research team at Belgrade University, he developed the first semi-artificial pancreas based on microscale cell immobilization and encapsulation. Currently, Dr. Jovanovic is developing a new class of highly miniaturized, fluidics-based devices for production of biofuels (biodiesel synthesis, desulphurization of fossil fuels), and for biomedical applications (kidney dialyser, haemo-oxygenator, semi-artificial veins and arteries). Graduate students in his laboratory are developing microscale biosensors, microscale chemical reactors, and microscale separation operations suitable for the development of a variety of microscale based chemical processes (desalinization, extraction of active compounds). Dr. Goran Jovanovic is the recipient of numerous honors and professional and scholastic awards. Some of his most recent awards include: Austin Paul Engineering Faculty Award (OSU - 1997); Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award (WERC Consortium & Los Alamos National Laboratory - 1999), Elizabeth Ritchie OSU Distinguished Professor Award (OSU - 2001); Collaborative Research Award, (OSU College of Engineering - 2003); OSU College of Engineering Research Award (OSU - 2005); OSU College of Engineering Alumni Award (OSU - 2006); and Life Long Achievement Award, WERC - NM State University, 2008. Currently Dr. Jovanovic mentors two M.Sc. and two Ph.D. students. He has published 75-refereed papers, 14 of which are monograph contributions, and 41 publications at international conferences. He delivered over 50 invited lectures and seminars, over 90 presentations at scientific conferences, and completed 65 research projects.

Kania, Don
FEI Company
Don R. Kania, Ph.D., was named as president, CEO and a board member of nanotechnology company, FEI. FEI is a leading global supplier of electron microscopes and focused ion beam equipment. Previously, Dr. Kania had been President and COO of Veeco. He also held positions as President of Veeco Metrology Group, as well as Vice-President and CTO of Veeco. At Veeco he grew businesses in atomic force microscopy, data storage and high brightness light emitting diodes. Starting in 1993, Dr. Kania was a senior manager at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory where he directed the Advanced Microtechnology Program in the development of advanced sensors for data storage, extreme ultraviolet lithography for semiconductor manufacturing and several other leading-edge technologies. From 1991 to 1993, Dr. Kania was Research Director at Crystallume, a thin film diamond company. Dr. Kania's other experience includes nine years of research experience at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos and Livermore Laboratory. Dr. Kania received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics and engineering from the University of Michigan.

Kannberg, Landis D.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratories
Dr. Kannberg conducted research into environmental heat and mass transfer upon joining Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories in 1976. He successively managed programs funded by the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) in Compressed Air Energy Storage and subsequently Thermal Energy Storage. In 2002 he initiated the Advanced Communications and Controls Program for DOE, becoming a Presidential Initiative, GridWise, in 2004. He has served as advisor to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (on Infrastructure Protection), and to the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Task Force on Electric System Reliability. Since 2002 he has served as Co-Director of the Microproducts Breakthrough Institute, a joint research institute with Oregon State University directing development of micro chemical and physical systems, including systems for fuel processing, chemical separations, heat exchange, and absorption cooling. He was a principal member of the Organizing Committee for the inaugural (2004), and now annual, Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference, and continues to serve on the conference organizing committee. Dr. Kannberg is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, having roles such as Chairman of the Advanced Energy Systems Division and as Chairman of the ASME Energy Committee wherein he provided testimony in Congress on Energy R&D budgets on behalf of ASME. Dr. Kannberg was named Tri-City Mechanical Engineer of 2002 and elected to the Oregon State University, Academy of Distinguished Engineers in 2003.

Keeney, Scott
nLIGHT Inc.
Scott Keeney is the CEO, nLIGHT Inc., Vancouver, Washington. Mr. Keeney received a Bachelor in Economics, summa cum laude, from the University of Washington and an MBA from Harvard Business School.   Scott then worked for McKinsey Consultants and, in 1998, became CEO of Aculight Corporation, a laser systems developer in Bothell, WA.  2 years later, Scott co-founded nLIGHT Photonics in Seattle in 2000 and relocated to Vancouver in 2002.  In 2003, nLIGHT established a manufacturing and sales presence in China.  In 2006, nLIGHT acquired Flextronics Photonics in Hillsboro, OR, and in 2007 acquired Liekki Corporation of Finland.  In 2007, nLIGHT was named WA's fastest growing tech company by Deloitte, and in 2008 received the Emerging Trader of the Year Award from WA's Governor.

Keszler, Douglas
Oregon State University
Douglas Keszler is a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Oregon State University and a member of the leadership team for the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI). Keszler has made significant contributions to fundamental research on new solid state materials and the development of campus and statewide technology initiatives. He joined the OSU faculty in 1985 after completing a post-doctoral fellowship with Nobel Prize chemistry laureate Roald Hoffmann at Cornell University. At OSU, Keszler has developed a reputation for his work on optical materials, and more recently, innovations in transparent and printed electronics. His research, ranging from nonlinear optical crystals for lasers to solar cells, annually brings to campus about $1 million in research support and has led to the establishment of three new companies in Corvallis.

Kitamura, Kenji
National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Dr. Kenji Kitamura, Fellow of National Institute for Materials Science, Japan. He completed the Master's Course in sciences at the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo (1974). Joined the National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials (1974; one of the predecessor institutions of NIMS) and became Senior Researcher in the same institute (1983). Meanwhile, He worked at CNRS in France as a visiting researcher from 1983 to 1984. He was appointed Director of the Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS (2001) and Managing Director of the Optronic Materials Center, NIMS (2006). Professor, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University (since 1998; concurrent appointment). Establishment/Research Advisor (concurrent) to the NIMS authorized venture company, Oxide Corporation (established in 2000). Establishment/Director (concurrent) of NIMS authorized venture company, SWING Ltd, (established 2003). On November 1, 2007, he was appointed as a new Fellow of NIMS. He has an impressive record of achievements in connection with the growth and characterization of optical single crystals and processing of these materials as devices, and in particular, in research on the defects and properties of ferroelectric single crystals. He is also actively involved in the management of venture companies with the aim of utilizing research outcomes.

Koch, Melvin
Center for Process Analytical Chemistry (CPAC) at the University of Washington
Dr. Melvin V. Koch is Executive Director of the Center for Process Analytical Chemistry (CPAC), at the University of Washington in Seattle, an industry / university / government consortium. He received his BA in Chemistry and Mathematics from St Olaf College, MS in biochemistry, and PhD in Organic Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Iowa. Dr. Koch worked for The Dow Chemical Company in process research and analytical chemistry, achieving the level of Global Director of Analytical Sciences. He is active in coordinating developments in the field of process analytical technology (PAT) between industry, government laboratories, and academia. Dr. Koch has served recently on the FDA advisory committee to the Office of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Langeler, Gerry
OVP Venture Partners
Gerry Langeler joined OVP Venture Partners in 1992 and focuses on investments in the semiconductor, software, imaging and digital biology sectors. His investments include 800.com, Captivate Network, Carbonflow, djangos. com, Elekom, Foundstone, Max-Viz, M2E Power, Now Software, Portland Software, Preview Systems, Surplus Software, TView, Unify, Vascular Solutions, Viral Logic Systems Technology (VLST), and Webridge. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Ambric, Carbonflow, Collaborative Software Initiative, Max-Viz, M2E Power and Viral Logic Systems Technology (VLST) and is a Board Observer to Advanced Inquiry Systems, SafeHarbor, and Serus. Prior to joining OVP, Gerry was co-founder of Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) in Portland, OR in 1981. There he served as President, and over eleven years helped lead Mentor through its IPO to over $400M in worldwide sales and over $1B in market capitalization. He began his technology career at Tektronix. Gerry received his AB in Chemistry from Cornell University and his MBA from Harvard University. He is the author of The Vision Trap (Harvard Business Review, 3/92). He also authored a chapter in Venture Capital Best Practices (Aspatore Books, 2005). Gerry serves on the Advisory Board of Highway 12 Ventures in Boise, Idaho. He is the father of two boys, and enjoys skiing (when his knees can stand it) and golf.

Lawson, Rhys
Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC
A lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest, Rhys has a J.D. and Ph.D. in chemistry and nanotechnology from the University of Washington and is an associate at Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC in Seattle.  As a research scientist, Rhys developed novel hybrid silicon/organic electro optic device as part of a DARPA program.  His intellectual property law practice focuses primarily on patent preparation and prosecution in the areas of general micro/nano technologies, MEMS/NEMS, applied chemistry, electronics, photonics, optoelectronics, and organic functional materials and devices.

Lee, Shiwoo
Oregon State University
Dr. Lee is an Assistant Professor in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University specializing in the area of process modeling, computational optimization and informatics. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree in industrial Engineering and operations research from Seoul National University (Seoul, Korea) with computer science as a minor. He received Ph.D. degree in industrial engineering at The Pennsylvania State University in 1998. He taught industrial engineering, operations research and manufacturing processes and systems at University of Arizona, Northeastern University and University of Illinois, Chicago before he joined OSU in 2005. He also served as chief technology officer for Mohenz Technology, Inc. (Waltham, MA) to work in the area of computational optimization and design and development of compression engines from 1999 to 2001. His research interests include process modeling and simulation, design of experiments, metaheuristic-based computational optimization, nano-bio informatics, and statistical data mining. His current research is funded by AFRL, HP, and Intel. As an active member of ONAMI, he has worked on 1) developing computer control devices of microchannel devices such as pneumatic microvalves and plug-flow microreactors through the process modeling and simulation, statistical analysis and optimization, and 2) developing the knowledgebase to guide the design of nanomaterials by data-mining the nanomaterial-biological interactions from disparate data. Dr. Lee has authored and co-authored 2 books an d 20 refereed publications. He is an active member of ASEE, IEEE, SME, IIE and INFORMS.

Langeler, Gerry
OVP Venture Partners
Gerry Langeler joined OVP Venture Partners in 1992 and focuses on investments in the semiconductor, software, imaging and digital biology sectors. His investments include 800.com, Captivate Network, Carbonflow, djangos.com, Elekom, Foundstone, Max-Viz, M2E Power, Now Software, Portland Software, Preview Systems, Surplus Software, TView, Unify, Vascular Solutions, Viral Logic Systems Technology (VLST), and Webridge. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Ambric, Carbonflow, Collaborative Software Initiative, Max-Viz, M2E Power and Viral Logic Systems Technology (VLST) and is a Board Observer to Advanced Inquiry Systems, SafeHarbor, and Serus. Prior to joining OVP, Gerry was co-founder of Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) in Portland, OR in 1981. There he served as President, and over eleven years helped lead Mentor through its IPO to over $400M in worldwide sales and over $1B in market capitalization. He began his technology career at Tektronix. Gerry received his AB in Chemistry from Cornell University and his MBA from Harvard University. He is the author of The Vision Trap (Harvard Business Review, 3/92). He also authored a chapter in Venture Capital Best Practices (Aspatore Books, 2005). Gerry serves on the Advisory Board of Highway 12 Ventures in Boise, Idaho. He is the father of two boys, and enjoys skiing (when his knees can stand it) and golf.

Lee, Shiwoo
Oregon State University
Dr. Lee is an Assistant Professor in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University specializing in the area of process modeling, computational optimization and informatics. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree in industrial Engineering and operations research from Seoul National University (Seoul, Korea) with computer science as a minor. He received Ph.D. degree in industrial engineering at The Pennsylvania State University in 1998. He taught industrial engineering, operations research and manufacturing processes and systems at University of Arizona, Northeastern University and University of Illinois, Chicago before he joined OSU in 2005. He also served as chief technology officer for Mohenz Technology, Inc. (Waltham, MA) to work in the area of computational optimization and design and development of compression engines from 1999 to 2001. His research interests include process modeling and simulation, design of experiments, metaheuristic-based computational optimization, nanobio informatics, and statistical data mining. His current research is funded by AFRL, HP, and Intel. As an active member of ONAMI, he has worked on 1) developing computer control devices of microchannel devices such as pneumatic microvalves and plug-flow microreactors through the process modeling and simulation, statistical analysis and optimization, and 2) developing the knowledgebase to guide the design of nanomaterials by data-mining the nanomaterial-biological interactions from disparate data. Dr. Lee has authored and co-authored 2 books an d 20 refereed publications. He is an active member of ASEE, IEEE, SME, IIE and INFORMS.

Leong, Kirsty
University of Washington
Kirsty Leong will be starting her fourth year as a postdoctoral candidate at the University of Washington in the department of chemistry. She is currently working under the guidance of Professor Alex K.-Y. Jen with whom is also received a M.S. in analytical chemistry. Her research interests currently are focused on fabricating novel nanomaterials and nanoengineering hybrid self-assembled systems for applications in bionanotechnology. Kirsty’s graduate research interests began during her undergraduate studies at the University of California, Riverside, where she received her B.S. in chemistry. Her professional experience includes successful stints as an analytical chemist at Anresco & ABED Laboratories and Communications and Power Industry’s Eimac Division.

Lindquist, Jay M.
ONAMI Gap Fund
Dr. Lindquist is the Manager, ONAMI Gap Fund. Dr. Lindquist received a B.Sc in Chemistry with minors in Mathematics and Biology from the University of Puget Sound, a Ph.D in Physical Chemistry from the University of California, and completed the Executive MBA program at Stanford University.   After working as Senior Member of Technical Staff at AeroJet ElectroSystems in Southern California, Dr. Lindquist joined FEI Company in Hillsboro, OR and served as Senior Vice Presidents for Marketing, General Management and Business Development, where he oversaw acquisitions and divestitures and re-positioned FEI as the Tools for Nanotechnology leader.   Jay currently manages ONAMI's Gap Fund program which helps nano and microtechnology based companies in Oregon cross the gap between technology and proof of concept.  Jay also serves as Chief Marketing Officer for Advanced Inquiry Systems (formerly Octavian Scientific) in Hillsboro, OR.

Liu, Peter
OMAX
Dr. Peter Liu (Colorado State University, 1972) is an experimentalist in applied fluid mechanics. He had worked for 28 years at Flow Industries where waterjet technology was commercialized and began working with OMAX since 2003. Peter has studied complex 3-phase flow phenomena of abrasive-waterjets. He has developed a flash abrasive-waterjet for mitigating piercing damage in delicate materials (patent pending). He has also investigated the capability/potential of waterjet for micromachining. He demonstrated waterjet machining of high-aspect-ratio slots and ribs on thin-metal shims (minimum width  100m). Peter is an affiliate faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Washington.

Liu, Wei
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Wei Liu, Chief Chemical Engineer in Energy Conversion and Efficiency Division of Pacific Northwest National Lab. Prior to PNNL, he worked for Corning Incorporated as a research project manager and did pioneering industrial technology development of monolith-structured micro-channel catalytic reactors and membranes. He also worked for Amoco Oil Company as a senior research engineer and China Petrochemical Corporation as a process design and project enigineer, where he was responsible for development and commercialization of several process technologies. He holds ScD in Chemical Engineering from MIT.

Lomasney, Christina
Modumetal Inc.
Christina is the CEO of Modumetal, launched in late-2006 with co-founder Dr. John Whitaker, to develop highly efficient nanolaminated steel production processes to revolutionize the manufacturing of advanced materials for application in a broad range of markets, including military, transportation and infrastructure. In 2001, Christina co-founded Isotron, which today develops materials for environmental cleanup and national defense.  She lead that company for 6 years of revenue growth with no outside investment.  Prior to this, Christina worked at the Boeing Company in advanced metals machining and radiation-tolerant semiconductor design.  She has published and presented papers and is named on pending patents on large-scale environmental remediation and advanced materials.  Christina is involved in policy development in industry and military forums regarding nanotech, advanced materials, manufacturing and environmental protection.  Christina Lomasney holds a BS in Physics and completed studies towards an MS in Applied Physics from the University of Washington.

Luscombe, Christine
University of Washington
Christine Luscombe received her PhD from the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Profs. Andrew Holmes and Wilhelm Huck. In 2004, she became a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory for Professor Jean M. J. Fréchet at the Department of Chemistry at UC Berkeley. Since 2006, she is an Assistant Professor at the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her research ranges from small molecule to polymer synthesis and is directed towards the design, synthesis, and applications of functional macromolecules. She received the NSF CAREER Award and the DARPA Young Faculty Award in 2008.

Ma, Hong
University of Washington
Hong Ma received his Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry in 1997 from Nankai University, P. R. China. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher from 1997 to 2001 and a research scientist from 2001 to 2006 in Prof. Alex K.-Y. Jen’s group at Northeastern University and the University of Washington, Seattle. He is currently a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, where his research is focused on the combination of molecular/biomacromolecular self-assembly and nanostructured materials for electronic, photonic, and biological applications. It involves design, synthesis and processing of selfassembled organic semiconductors, interface engineering via molecular self-assembly, and patterned/bio-enabled nanosystems for field-effect transistors, photovoltaics, plasmonics and biosensing.

Maddux, Bettye
Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Initiative (SNNI),
Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI)
Dr. Bettye Maddux is the assistant director of the Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Initiative (SNNI), a major research thrust of the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI). Previously, she served as an associate specialist and research biophysicist at the University of California, Santa Barbara with joint appointments in the Materials Research Laboratory, the Department of Physics, and the Marine Biotechnology Institute. Her major research interests included studying the mechanisms controlling the biosynthesis and self-assembly of biocomposite materials and analyzing the nanoscale properties of strong and tough biopolymers. Dr. Maddux has been actively engaged public policy and promoting SNNI’s proactive design strategies. She currently serves on the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) US Technical Advisory Group to the to the International Organization on Standardization’s (ISO) Technical Committee on Nanotechnologies 229 and participates in the working group on developing standards for environmental, health and safety of engineered nanomaterials. She is a reviewer for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s EMSL Proposal Committee and an ad hoc reviewer for the American Chemical Society and Biophysical Society. She has served on the program committee for the annual MicroNano Breakthrough Conference for the past three years and is a conference organizer for SNNI’s annual Greener Nano Conference. She earned her Ph.D. in biological sciences with an emphasis in chemical carcinogenesis/biophysics from the University of Texas at Austin. She has published peer-reviewed research articles, a book chapter, policy-related reports and invited articles as ‘Bettye L. Smith’ and ‘Bettye L.S. Maddux’ in the fields of nanotechnology, biophysics, materials science, biochemistry and chemical carcinogenesis.

Martin, John C.
Consultant
John Martin received a Liberal Arts degree from the University of Washington and a Management Masters from M.I.T., and has done business development for technology companies for over 25 years.   After working back east for Sundstrand and Stratus Computer, John served for over 8 years in Seattle as the Americas hemisphere liaison for the Japanese cellular operator KDDI-au, known as IDO Corporation prior to a merger in 2000.  Most recently, John was Director of WTC's Washington Nanotechnology Initiative and, in 2006, helped launch WA's participation in the Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference and it's sitting here in Vancouver.  John is currently helping guide efforts to support America's first hosting of the Semi-Annual Plenary of ISO 229 (Nanotech) in Seattle in 2009.

McKenzie, Lallie
University of Oregon
Lallie McKenzie is completing her Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Oregon under the guidance of James E. Hutchison. Her research merges nanoscience, materials chemistry, and green chemistry and focuses on the development of greener nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing processes. This year, she was one of two U.S. doctoral students to receive the Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Student Award, through the ACS/Green Chemistry Institute, which honors outstanding student contributions to furthering the goals of green chemistry through research or education. At the U of O and as an industrial intern at Invitrogen, Lallie designed and implemented controllable, efficient, and scalable syntheses that take advantage of flow systems and microchannel reactors to produce high-performance nanoparticles. She also has been actively involved in green chemistry education research and has developed and published many experiments for the world’s first green organic laboratory. Prior to beginning her Ph.D. work, Lallie received her B.S. and M.S in Chemistry (with a specialty in polymers and coatings) from the University of Oregon.

Miller, Arthur L.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Dr. Miller studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota, with a focus on diesel and nanoparticle emissions. Art’s background is diverse, including work as an aircraft mechanic and pilot, a stint at the Technical University of Berlin in turbulence research, and nearly ten years in engineering and research with the US Bureau of Mines. For the past twelve years he has worked at the NIOSH Spokane Research Lab where he has led a number of projects aimed at improving the health and safety of mine workers. His current research focus addresses occupational exposures to chemical hazards and ultrafine aerosols.

Morse, Jeffrey
National Nanomanufacturing Network
Jeff Morse is the Managing Director of the National Nanomanufacturing Network, a new organization sponsored by the National Science Foundation through the Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Previously, Jeff was a Senior Scientist in the Center for Micro and Nano Technology at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory since 1985. He received his BS (1983) and MS (1985) Degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and a PhD (1992) in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. His interests and expertise includes semiconductor devices and physics, advanced micro/nanofabrication processes, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), microfluidics, catalytic microreactors, and micro-fuel cells. Jeff’s work has appeared in 15 journal publications, 45 conference presentations, with and additional 30 invited lectures at academic departments, industry research centers and technical meetings. Jeff additionally holds 15 patents in several technical areas.

Murdock, Sean
NanoBusiness Alliance
Sean Murdock is the Executive Director at NanoBusiness Alliance. Prior to becoming the Executive Director of the NanoBusiness Alliance, he was the Executive Director and a founding board member of AtomWorks, an initiative formed to foster nanotechnology in Illinois and more broadly throughout the Midwest. Sean has established himself as a leading thinker in the areas of nanotechnology commercialization and economic development. He has delivered keynote speeches on the commercialization of nanotechnology at several nanotechnology conferences, and served as co-chair for the commercialization focused NanoCommerce 2003 conference and trade show. Sean has been quoted extensively on the subject in many leading publications including Fortune, The Economist, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, and Small Times.

Sean has been very active in nanotechnology trade and economic development issues. He helped to organize and execute the first Nanotechnology Trade Mission to Europe in conjunction with the NanoBusiness Alliance and the U.S. Department of Commerce. He has also been engaged with senior officials of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Technology Administration on the potential impact of export control issues on nanotechnology development and commercialization. Prior to founding AtomWorks and serving as the Executive Director of the NanoBusiness Alliance, Sean had more than 7 years experience in management consulting, most recently as Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. Sean served a variety of Fortune 500 companies, focusing primarily upon the industrial and chemicals sectors. While there, he developed some of the firm's early perspective on the business opportunities created by the nanotech revolution, publishing the first two internal documents on the subject. Sean received his Masters in Business Administration and Masters in Engineering Management from Northwestern University. He holds a BA in Economics from the University of Notre Dame.

Orr, Galya
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dr. Galya Orr has initiated and is currently leading interdisciplinary efforts that combine the development and application of quantitative imaging techniques to investigate molecular processes in the living cell. Her effort has been focusing on time-lapse single-molecule fluorescence imaging and quantitative FRET analyses to study molecular interaction dynamics of proteins in their natural cellular environment. She has been also applying these techniques to study the cellular interactions, internalization pathways and intracellular fate of submicrometer and nanoscale particles with specific chemical and physical properties to delineate mechanisms of particle toxicity or biocompatibility.

Prasad, Shalini
Portland State University
Dr. Shalini Prasad is an Assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Portland State University with a joint appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Oregon Health Sciences University. She received her Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from University of Madras in 2000. She obtained her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of California Riverside in 2004. Dr. Prasad's research interests are multi-disciplinary. They include Bio-Micro Electrical Mechanical Systems (Bio-MEMS), nano-devices and nano/biotechnology. Her current research interests focus on towards developing "lab-on-a-chip" based devices for sensing and diagnostic applications that impact such areas as medical diagnostics, the environment, and bio-defense applications. Her work has been reported in number of peer reviewed journals and popular press. She is the recipient of a number of awards in the area of nano-biotechnology. She has co-organized symposia in the area of bio/chemical sensor technologies. Most recently she was a finalist for the Innovation Award at Lab Automation 2007. She has been listed in the 2006-2007 edition of Marquis Who's who in Science and Engineering.

Pullan, Lee
FEI Company
Lee Pullen joined FEI Company in January 2007 as a Senior Applications Engineer in the NanoBiology division. She received her Ph.D. in Structural Virology from the University of Warwick (2002) and postdoctoral training in Structural Biology, specifically TEM (transmission electron microscopy), from Birkbeck, University of London (2002-2003) and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (2003-2006). During both of her postdoctoral positions, Lee was an FEI Company customer and used a number of their TEM instruments. Lee has extensive experience in protein and virus purification as well as 3D structural determination using the biophysical techniques of X-ray crystallography and electron microscopy. Her knowledge of electron microscopy includes single particle analysis and electron tomography at both room temperature and under cryo conditions.

Rege, Kaushal
Arizona State Univeristy
Kaushal Rege is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, AZ. Dr. Rege has a B. Tech in Chemical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Warangal in India and a Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Recently, Dr. Rege was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Engineering in Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. Dr. Rege’s research at ASU is at the interface of nanotechnology and cancer biology with a focus on engineering novel multifunctional nanovectors and investigating their fate in cancer cells and the cancer cell fate in response to nanovectors.

Remcho, Vince
Oregon State University
Vince Remcho is Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Materials Science and adjunct Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics at OSU. His research group focuses on the design and optimization of microscale analytical and reaction systems and the application of these systems in biochemical, environmental, and nanomanufacturing problem solving. These efforts encompass efficiency optimization and flow dynamics in separations systems, development of high efficiency monolithic sorbents, harnessing molecular recognition for bioanalysis, and fabrication of lab-on-a-chip devices and microreactors. Financial support for this research has come from the US Department of Energy, Johnson & Johnson PRD, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, W.M. Keck Foundation, National Science Foundation, and the Air Force Research Laboratory. Prof. Remcho has been recognized for research excellence by the NSF through a CAREER Award and for teaching excellence via the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award. He serves as Affiliate Staff Scientist to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, is a founding member of the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute, is past chair of the Oregon Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS), and has served as advisor to the ACS Student Affiliates which routinely provides free chemistry demonstrations in local schools. He has authored ten book chapters and more than 40 technical papers, and has presented over 40 invited lectures at Universities in the US and abroad and at national and international scientific meetings in the past 7 years.

Renzoni, George Ph.D.
Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC
George is a partner at the intellectual property law firm of Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC in Seattle. George's practice centers on chemistry-related technologies and he assists universities, research institutions, and large and small companies in establishing and protecting intellectual property rights. In addition to patent procurement and portfolio development, George also counsels on freedom-to practice, intellectual property due diligence, and technology licensing.

Ritala, Keith
University of Washington
Keith E. Ritala is the IP & Industrial Agreements Manager, College of Engineering, Institute for Advanced Materials & Technology, University of Washington. Keith Ritala develops collaborative research projects between industry and the College of Engineering’s faculty and is the industrial outreach manager for the UW’s new Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology. The iAMT provides leadership in interdisciplinary materials research and technology commercialization in photonics, energy, biomaterials and advanced composite materials campus-wide. Prior to his current position, Keith was a Licensing Officer at UW TechTransfer, where managed intellectual property arising from research in engineering and the physical sciences. Before that, he was with the Washington Technology Center for twelve years, where he developed industry-university research partnerships, managed the Microfabrication Laboratory, and directed the WTC’s MEMS, photonics and nanotechnology initiatives. Keith has 20 years’ experience in the electronic materials industry, where he was a specialist in compound semiconductors and ultra-high purity metals. Keith holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics from Hamline University and the University of Oregon, respectively.

Roco, Mike
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Mike Roco is the Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and a key architect of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). Dr. Roco is credited with thirteen patents and contributed over two hundred articles and fifteen books, including recently "Nanotechnology: Societal Implications” (2006) and “Managing Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno Innovations” (2007). Under his stewardship the nanotechnology federal investment has increased from about $3 million to $1.4 billion in 2006. Prior to joining the National Science Foundation, he was a Professor of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering. He is editor for several journals including the Journal of Nanoparticle Research. Dr. Roco is a corresponding member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences and member of the International Risk Governance Council. He is a Fellow of ASME, Fellow of AIChE and Fellow of the Institute of Physics, and was elected as Engineer of the Year by the U.S. Society of Professional Engineers and NSF in 1999 and again in 2004. Forbes magazine recognized him in 2003 as the first among “Nanotechnology’s Power Brokers” and Scientific American named him one of 2004’s top 50 Technology Leaders. He was awarded the National Materials Advancement Award from the Federation of Materials Societies at the National Press Club in December 2007 for NNI leadership and “as the individual most responsible for support and investment in nanotechnology by government, industry, and academia worldwide”. Dr. Roco is the founding Chair of the U.S. National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology and coordinated the preparation of the reports on "Nanotechnology Research Directions" (NSTC, 1999) and "NNI" (NSTC, 2000).

Rung, Robert D. “Skip”
Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI)
Mr. Rung is a senior high technology R&D executive with over 25 years of R&D management experience in CMOS process technology, application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) design and electronic design automation (EDA), IC packaging, MEMS, microfluidics, and inkjet printing. Mr. Rung was asked in December 2003 to lead Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI), Oregon’s first “Signature Research Center” and an unprecedented collaboration among Oregon’s research universities and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. ONAMI’s dual mission is to grow “small tech” research in Oregon and commercialize technology in order to extend the success of Oregon’s world-leading “Silicon Forest” technology cluster, which includes the most advanced R&D and manufacturing operations for leading companies such as Intel Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, FEI Company, Invitrogen, Electro Scientific Industries, Planar Systems, Xerox Office Products, Tektronix, ON Semiconductor and many dynamic smaller firms. ONAMI has so far received $37M in state investment and approximately tripled Oregon’s annual federal and private research awards in the fields of nanolaminates and transparent/printed electronics, green nanotechnology, nanoscale metrology, and microtechnology-based energy and chemical systems (MECS). The ONAMI gap fund has helped launch or enable over 10 new startup companies since late 2006.

Rupert, Wayne
Klarquist Sparkman
A patent attorney for more than 20 years, Mr. Rupert's experience includes roles of in-house counsel for Honeywell and Intel.  His current practice includes intellectual property transactions, the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, and other patent matters, and his areas of expertise are in chemical and mechanical technologies such as pharmaceuticals, polymers, adhesives, coatings, fibers, composites, inorganic materials, semiconductors, and process systems.

Schut, Dave
Voxtel Corporation
Dr. Schut graduated from the University of Oregon Department of Chemistry in 1995 in the area of highly reduced organometallic species, also known as 18+d complexes. From there he joined Hewlett-Packard in Corvallis where he worked on many projects, including: processing, ink formulation, high capacity memory applications using phase change semiconductor materials, printed electronics, as well as acting as the technical liaison to Oregon State University and MIT. Dr. Schut then joined Voxtel, Inc. in December of 2005 where he is heading up the development and application of nanomaterials for: photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, emissive displays and covert taggants.

Singh, Prabhakar
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dr. Prabhakar Singh holds a PhD and MS (Distinction) degree in metallurgy from the University of Sheffield, England; and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India; respectively. Dr. Singh also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Singh has authored and coauthored more than 100 technical reports and papers along with 3 book chapters. Dr. Singh holds more than 50 US patents and trade secrets in advanced metallic and ceramic functional materials, fuel cell systems operation, process optimization, catalysis and hydrocarbon fuel processing, hydrogen separation and electrical management of fuel cell systems. He has also written more than 100 patent disclosures related to areas of advanced metallic and ceramic thin films, device design, low cost fabrication techniques and reliability enhancement. He is a Fellow of ASM International (Class of 1998), American Ceramic Society (Class of 2003) and National Association of Corrosion Engineers (Class of 2008) and serves as Chairman on several technical committees. Dr. Singh is also a recipient of outstanding performance award (2005), outstanding innovator award (1990), and Award of Excellence (1988). Dr. Singh serves on the Editorial board of ASME and ACerSoc. Dr. Prabhakar Singh joined the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of the US Department of Energy, in April 2000, to provide technical direction and manage the advanced solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) development activities of the NETL-PNNL led USDOE Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) Core Technology Program. Dr. Singh brings more than 25 years of hands on research and development experience in advanced metallic and ceramic functional materials systems, electrochemical energy conversion and SOFC research, electro-catalysis and electrode processes and high temperature materials corrosion in complex and bi-polar environment. Prior to joining PNNL, Dr. Singh held several key technical and management positions at Ford Motor Company, Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Fuel cell Energy where he was responsible for the technology development, systems integration and product testing. While at Ford Motor Company and Visteon Corporation (an enterprise of Ford Motor Company), he managed the PEM fuel cell R&D including fuel cell system and advanced “on board” fuel processing technologies development for land based and automotive prime propulsion applications, his technical activities were focused on solid oxide fuel cell development at Westinghouse electric corporation.

Solanki, Raj
Portland State Univeristy
Raj Solanki is a professor in the Department of Physics at Portland State University.  His research covers several aspects of optics and microelectronics, including flat panel displays and issues related to down-scaling of electronic devices to nanoscale.

Stowers, Jason
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jason Stowers recently received his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Oregon State University. In 2002 he received a B.S. in Material Science Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is currently doing postdoctoral work in inorganic resists.

Tanguay, Robert
Oregon State University
Robert Tanguay is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, the Director of the Sinnhuber Aquatic Research Laboratory, and the Director of the NIEHS Toxicology Training Grant. He received his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of California-Riverside (1995) and postdoctoral training in developmental toxicology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1996-1999). Over the past 11 years he has exploited the molecular and genetic advantages of zebrafish to define the molecular mechanism by which chemicals and drugs adversely affect vertebrate development and function. His group has demonstrated that embryonic zebrafish are well-suited to rapidly evaluate in vivo nanomaterial/biological interactions.

Vu, Tania
Department of Biomedical Engineering OHSU
Dr. Tania Vu received her Ph.D. degree in visual neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley and completed her postdoctoral training at the University of California, San Francisco, the University of Illinois, Chicago, and Boston University in the areas of nano/microtechnology and neurophysiology. She is a faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Program in Neuroscience at Oregon Health and Science University, and an adjunct faculty member of the Physics Department at Portland State University. Her research focuses on the development nanotechnologies for advancing fundamental understanding of neural function as well as invention and application of nanotechnologies to clinical diagnostics.

Wamser, Carl
Portland State University
Professor Carl C. Wamser has been a chemistry faculty member at Portland State since 1983. He received an Sc.B. degree from Brown University (1966) and a Ph.D. from Caltech (1970), then began his academic career at California State University, Fullerton. His research group emphasizes photochemistry, in particular applications related to solar energy conversion. He has held adjunct appointments while on sabbaticals at Caltech, UC Berkeley, and EPFL (Switzerland). In 2002, the Oregon Academy of Sciences presented him with their Outstanding Scientist Award.

Weiss, Dirk
Washington Technology Center
Dr. Dirk Weiss is leading a nanolithography research effort at the Washington Technology Center in Seattle, Washington, where he has demonstrated applications with commercial potential ranging from printed electronic materials for thin-film solar photovoltaics to protein-array chips. Dr. Weiss earned a PhD in materials science from the Max-Planck-Institute of Metals Research in Stuttgart, and he completed undergraduate and graduate work in physics at the Freie Universität in Berlin and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He also did postdoctoral research in the area of nanoscale electronic materials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Washington Technology Center, Dr. Weiss investigated nanoscale materials for renewable-energy applications at the United Technologies Research Center in East Hartford, Connecticut. Dr. Weiss has also given guest lectures at Boston University and University of Washington on renewable-energy topics.

Wilson, Andrew
SpectraWatt
Andrew B. Wilson is the CEO of SpectraWatt, an independent solar cell manufacturing company recently spun out of Intel Corporation. Prior to its spinout, Andrew developed the initial business plan, successfully obtained funding for, and grew and led the effort inside of Intel’s New Business Initiatives group.  Andrew has spent 11 years at Intel Corporation in various Strategic Business, and Operations Finance, Management roles.  His experience ranges across M&A, product development, business strategy development, and new business development.   He holds a BA from Tufts University, and an MBA, with honors, from the University of Washington.

Yokochi, Alex
Oregon State University
Alex Yokochi, (Ph.D. ‘97 in Physical Inorganic Chemistry from Texas A&M University) joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University in 2004. His primary interests lie at the interface of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering to drive innovative solutions including the development of microreactors for hydrogen production and fuels processing, the development of hydrogen storage materials, and the synthesis, characterization and applications of advanced materials through the preparation of bulk nanostructured materials. His 2008 NSF CAREER award is focused on the implementation of the Sulfur-Iodine Thermochemical Water Splitting cycle in microreactor systems.

Young, Richard
FEI Company
Richard Young is Technologist in the NanoElectronics Market Division at FEI, focused on DualBeam™ FIB/SEM and SEM systems used for failure analysis and characterization. He joined FEI in 1991. Richard holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Cambridge, where his research included the application of focused ion beams for TEM sample preparation and gas chemistry. Richard holds several US patents and has published widely on FIB, SEM and DualBeam applications.

Yu, Qiuming
University of Washington
Qiuming Yu is a Principal Research Scientist of the Center for Nanotechnology at the University of Washington (UW). She serves as Lab Manager of the UW Nanotech User Facility (NTUF), a member of NSF National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network. Dr. Yu earned a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University in 1995 and was a postdoctoral fellow in the Micro Devices Lab of Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology. She was a Research Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering at Kansas State University and Research Scientist in Chemical Engineering and Physics at UW before joined NTUF in 2005. Her research interests are in the areas of nanocharacterization, photonic materials and devices, nanobiophotonics, and molecular simulations.

Keynote speakers confirmed to date:

Dr. Don Kania
President & CEO
FEI Company

Dr. Mihail C. Roco
Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology, National Science Foundation Founding Chair, U.S. National Science, Engineering and Technology Council’s Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology
NSET

Congressman Brian Baird
U.S. Representative, 3rd Congressional District, Washington; State Committee on Science and Technology; Chair, Subcommittee on Research and Science Education (Invited)

Dr. Robert S. Chau
Intel Senior Fellow, Technology and Manufacturing Group
Director, Transistor Research and Nanotechnology
Intel Corporation

Dr. Shefford P. Baker
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University and 2009 President, Materials Research Society